Does the sun shine in the High North? Vested interests as a barrier to solar energy deployment in Finland

Haukkala, Teresa

doi:10.1016/j.erss.2014.11.005

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“…It was assumed at the beginning of this work that part of the doubt surrounding solar PV is the country's lack of experience with such technology as well as an overall lack of understanding of how solar PV would work as part of the energy system [28]. For that reason the first part of this work is dedicated to determining how electricity from solar PV would be utilised either directly, or through utilization of daily and seasonal storage technologies.…”

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“…In this work, the results of Haukkala [28] describing several impediments to future solar PV installations for Finland are revisited and expanded. Primary among these impediments is widespread doubt that solar PV can ever be a competitive solution for a land at such northern The huge leap from the current 20 MW p of installed solar PV capacity to 30 GW p allows consumers access to a generation technology that has already reached retail grid parity in Finland and appears to be one of the lowest cost sources of energy for the future [17,18].…”

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“…In the second part of this work, the categories of barriers to success originally posited by Haukkala [28] that involved all relevant stakeholders including industry, utilities, firms, consumers, non-governmental organisations (NGOs), experts, policy makers and professional associations, were revisited and updated. A range of barriers constraining the deployment of solar energy technologies can be categorised, for instance, as technological, economical and institutional [33] or as economic, political, and behavioural [40].…”

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“…A range of barriers constraining the deployment of solar energy technologies can be categorised, for instance, as technological, economical and institutional [33] or as economic, political, and behavioural [40]. Barriers to the larger deployment of solar PV in Finland which were identified in [28] were revised according to the results of a new survey on the barriers to the implementation of higher shares of renewable energy in Finland conducted in spring 2015. The new survey involved 31 people from the Finnish Local Renewable Energy Association and active citizens interested in the energy transition campaign.…”

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The Role of Solar Photovoltaics and Energy Storage Solutions in a 100% Renewable Energy System for Finland in 2050

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There are several barriers to achieving an energy system based entirely on renewable energy (RE) in Finland, not the least of which is doubt that high capacities of solar photovoltaics (PV) can be feasible due to long, cold and dark Finnish winters. Technologically, several energy storage options can facilitate high penetrations of solar PV and other variable forms of RE. These options include electric and thermal storage systems in addition to a robust role of Power-to-Gas technology. In an EnergyPLAN simulation of the Finnish energy system for 2050, approximately 45% of electricity produced from solar PV was used directly over the course of the year, which shows the relevance of storage. In terms of public policy, several mechanisms are available to promote various forms of RE. However, many of these are contested in Finland by actors with vested interests in maintaining the status quo rather than by those without confidence in RE conversion or storage technologies. These vested interests must be overcome before a zero fossil carbon future can begin. The results of this study provides insights into how higher capacities of solar PV can be effectively promoted and managed at high latitudes, both north and south.

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Protecting innovative niches in the green economy: investigating the rise and fall of Solyndra, 2005–2011

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This article examines the establishment and development of a protected 'green' niche around the solar manufacturing industry in the United States in the 2000s. The paper uses the case of Solyndra, an innovative solar manufacturing corporation founded in 2005 and that went bankrupt in 2011, as a window into identifying the key factors that led to the failure of Solyndra. Solyndra was, at the time, the largest recipient of loan funding from the US Department of Energy, making it into the main representative of a key strategic industry identified as a target for federal support as part of US stimulus funding after the 2008 financial crisis. The analysis of the Solyndra failure case presented here highlights the need for strategic transitional niches to be shielded longitudinally by a strategic, entrepreneurial state, and considered in light of transnational exogenous factors. The article also argues for the importance of analysing discursive strategies that perform strategic niches as belonging to specific societal pathways.

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Letter to the Editor “Estimation of global solar radiation data based on satellite-derived atmospheric parameters over the urban area of Mashhad, Iran”

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Does the sun shine in the High North? Vested interests as a barrier to solar energy deployment in Finland

Cited by 48 publications

References 34 publications

The Role of Solar Photovoltaics and Energy Storage Solutions in a 100% Renewable Energy System for Finland in 2050

The Role of Solar Photovoltaics and Energy Storage Solutions in a 100% Renewable Energy System for Finland in 2050

Protecting innovative niches in the green economy: investigating the rise and fall of Solyndra, 2005–2011

Letter to the Editor “Estimation of global solar radiation data based on satellite-derived atmospheric parameters over the urban area of Mashhad, Iran”

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